Kokolik River
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The Kokolik River is a river
in Alaska
's North Slope flowing into the Chukchi Sea
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Its Inuit
name was reported by Lt. D. H. Jarvis, USRCS, in 1898. A. J. Collier, USGS, reported the name "Kepizetka", probably obtained from the so-called Cullinghow's map of Cape Lisburne, a manuscript map drawn by an Eskimo about 1890. Kokolik refers to the bistort, an edible flowering plant that is abundant in the Arctic (Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 53). Kepizetka (qipigsatqaq) means "it twists" or "crooked."
Description: The Kokolik River heads in De Long Mts. at 68°30′21"N 162°09′45"W, flows NW to Kasegaluk Lagoon
, 1 mi. E of Point Lay, Arctic Plain.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
's North Slope flowing into the Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the De Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the Beaufort Sea. The Bering Strait forms its southernmost limit and connects it to the Bering Sea and the Pacific...
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Its Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
name was reported by Lt. D. H. Jarvis, USRCS, in 1898. A. J. Collier, USGS, reported the name "Kepizetka", probably obtained from the so-called Cullinghow's map of Cape Lisburne, a manuscript map drawn by an Eskimo about 1890. Kokolik refers to the bistort, an edible flowering plant that is abundant in the Arctic (Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 53). Kepizetka (qipigsatqaq) means "it twists" or "crooked."
Description: The Kokolik River heads in De Long Mts. at 68°30′21"N 162°09′45"W, flows NW to Kasegaluk Lagoon
Kasegaluk Lagoon
The Kasegaluk Lagoon is a coastal lagoon located in the western part of the North Slope of Alaska. It is separated from the Chukchi Sea by a series of long, thin barrier islands that stretch south and north-east from the town of Point Lay and westwards down to Icy Cape. There are seven passes...
, 1 mi. E of Point Lay, Arctic Plain.